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Module 6 Active Tectonics and Earthquake Hazards
Module 6 Active Tectonics and Earthquake Hazards
ACTIVITY # 1
INSTRUCTION: Read comprehensively and carefully follow the instruction. Write your answer on the
ANSWER SHEET below.
Identify the term being pertained to in the following items:
1. Subduction zones occur when one or both of the tectonic plates are composed of oceanic
crust
2. Relative motion of the plates is horizontal
3. It can be formed within continents but will eventually open up and become ocean basins.
4. Plates slide/move pass each other.
5. The plates are moving apart
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ACTIVITY # 2
ANSWER SHEET
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ACTIVITY # 3
TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is true. If the statement/phrase is incorrect , write FALSE
then write the correct word/phrase. Write your answers on the space provided before
each number.
epicenter 1. Magnitude is the location on the surface directly
above the focus..
tsunami 2. Tsunami is a a result of disruptive up, down, and
sideways vibration of the ground during earthquake.
liquefaction 3. Ground shaking is a phenomenon wherein
sediments, especially near bodies of water, behave
like liquid similar to a quick sand.
4. Earthquake-induce landslide is an earthquake
Ground rupture
hazard where deformation on the ground that marks
the intersection of the fault with the earth’s surface.
5. One of the effects of ground rupture is sandboil
liquefaction
ACTIVITY # 4
TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is true. If the statement/phrase is incorrect , write FALSE
then write the correct word/phrase. Write your answers on the space provided.
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GOOD LUCK!!!
ANSWER SHEET
2. Active Tectonics
3. Earthquake Hazards
4. Primary Waves
6. Dip
7. Love Waves
8. Divergent Boundaries
9. P – waves
4. Earthquake Hazards
5. Type of Fault
ANSWER SHEET
IV. Fill-up the given Matrix below
Problems and solutions addressed earthquake with respect to Civil Engineering issues and
concerns.
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